The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SILLY , but the solution may also be IDIOTIC which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Inane crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SILLY | 21 % | 5 |
| IDIOTIC | 11 % | 7 |
| SENSELESS | 11 % | 9 |
| DUMB | 6 % | 4 |
| DAFT | 6 % | 4 |
| DOPEY | 6 % | 5 |
| FATUOUS | 4 % | 7 |
| EMPTYHEADED | 4 % | 11 |
| APISH | 2 % | 5 |
| MORONIC | 2 % | 7 |
| MEANINGLESS | 2 % | 11 |
| GOONY | 2 % | 5 |
| DAFFY | 2 % | 5 |
| ABSURD | 2 % | 6 |
| FOOLISH | 2 % | 7 |
| DOPY | 2 % | 4 |
| EMPTY | 2 % | 5 |
| LOONY | 2 % | 5 |
| PUERILE | 2 % | 7 |
| SAPPY | 2 % | 5 |
| DEVOIDOFMEANING | 2 % | 15 |
| GOOFY | 2 % | 5 |
| VACANT | 2 % | 6 |
| POINTLESS | 2 % | 9 |
| ASININE | 2 % | 7 |
Why may IDIOTIC be the right solution?
The definition of "inane" is "silly or stupid". "Idiotic" means the same thing, so it is a synonym of "inane".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Inane
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- vacuous
- mindless
- foolish
- asinine
- fatuous
- pointless
- vapid
- insignificant
- senseless
- witless
- irrelevant
- negligible
Crossword Answer definitions
SILLY noun- A silly person.
- A term of address.
- A mistake.
- Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
- Blessed, particularly:
- Pitiful, inspiring compassion, particularly:
- Simple, plain, particularly:
- Mentally simple, foolish, particularly:
- (of a fielding position) Very close to the batsman, facing the bowler; closer than short.
- Sillily: in a silly manner.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SILLY
- Muttonheaded
- Inane
- Too frivolous
- Weak-minded
- Dazed
- Nonsensical
- Not remotely serious
- Foolish
- Fatuous
- Bad way to be knocked
More clues leading to the result IDIOTIC
- Senseless
- Nonsensical
- Foolish
- Typical of a dope
- Extremely stupid
- Ridiculous
- Dumb and dumber
- Stupid to the max
- Nutty
- Beyond stupid
More clues leading to the result SENSELESS
More clues leading to the result DUMB
- Cloddish
- ___ waiter (elevator)
- Type of waiter
- Like a rock?
- Like someone stoned, perhaps
- See 25-Down
- Word with waiter or bell
- Speechless
- Unintelligent
- Not bright at all
More clues leading to the result DAFT
- Off one's rocker
- Loopy
- Wacky
- Balmy
- ___ Punk
- ___ Punk ("Around the World" electronica duo)
- Mad
- Foolish
- A little loopy
- Not all there
More clues leading to the result DOPEY
- Bashful's partner
- Happy's pal
- Only dwarf without a beard
- Idiotic
- Member of a small septet
- Silent dwarf
- Associate of Happy
- Bashful companion?
- Soporific
- Youngest of the seven dwarfs
More clues leading to the result FATUOUS
More clues leading to the result EMPTYHEADED
More clues leading to the result APISH
- Imitative
- Foolishly imitative
- Gorilla-like
- Given to copying?
- Dumbly imitative
- Parrot-like
- Silly or simian
- Gorillalike
- Really silly
- Foolishly silly
More clues leading to the result MORONIC
- Stupid
- Really dumb
- Brainless
- Feeble
- Just plain dumb
- Dense
- Of twelve-year-old mentality.
- Relative of 45 Across.
- Inane.
- Dull
More clues leading to the result MEANINGLESS
More clues leading to the result GOONY
- Albatross
- Inane
- Foolish
- Large sea bird: Var.
- Large sea bird.
- Lamebrain
- Foolish person, slangily
- Foolish, informally
- Stupid or thuggish
- Nerdish
More clues leading to the result DAFFY
- Cartoon duck
- Cohort of Bugs
- Like a toon duck?
- Dizzy Dean's brother
- Bugs's buddy
- Bonkers
- Foolish
- Pal of Bugs
- Pal of Porky
- 77-year-old duck
More clues leading to the result ABSURD
- Preposterous
- Ludicrous
- Like Ionesco's plays
- Ionesco-esque?
- Ridiculous
- Theater of the ___
- Nonsensical
- Laughably foolish
- Laughable
- Cockamamie
More clues leading to the result FOOLISH
More clues leading to the result DOPY
- In a fog
- Punch-drunk
- Inane: Var.
- Like Denny Dimwit: Var.
- Sluggish
- Idiotic
- Half-baked
- Sluggish from sedatives
- Inane (Var.)
- Out of it
More clues leading to the result EMPTY
- Vacuous
- "E" on a gauge
- Like some threats
- Depleted
- Take out (the trash)
- Bad news on the gas gauge
- Out of gas
- Meaningless
- Bottle to recycle
- Pointing to E
More clues leading to the result LOONY
- Round the bend
- Mad as a hatter
- Wacko
- Bananas
- Canadian clam
- Kook
- Cracked
- Preposterous
- Non compos mentis
- One brick shy of a load
More clues leading to the result PUERILE
More clues leading to the result SAPPY
- Too sentimental
- Empty-headed
- Way sentimental
- Foolishly sentimental
- Mawkish
- Overly sentimental
- Like chick flicks, stereotypically
- Patently sentimental
- Maudlin
- Like silly fools or maple trees
More clues leading to the result DEVOIDOFMEANING
More clues leading to the result GOOFY
- Pal of Mickey
- Disney dog
- Wacko
- Silly
- Inane
- He was originally called Dippy Dawg
- Mickey's pal
- Preposterous
- Disney character originally named Dippy Dawg
- Silly as they come: Slang.
More clues leading to the result VACANT
- Unoccupied
- Content-free
- Available to rent
- Flat sign
- Empty
- Devoid of thought
- Like some city lots
- Available to let
- Unfilled
- Available for rent